PUBLIC HEALTH &

COMMUNITY DENTISTRY

Teaching Programs

The teaching program focuses on behavioral sciences, preventive dentistry, ethics, quality assurance, dental care delivery, regulation, and evaluation. These topics are being integrated into the Professionalism and Doctoring track, part of the new curriculum, which is being phased in beginning with the Class of 2012.

The objectives of the teaching program are to allow students to critically evaluate scientific literature; be exposed to legal, professional, and ethical issues in dentistry; acquire philosophy and methods of preventive dentistry and epidemiology; assess dental care quality; understand public policy issues related to dentistry; develop communication, interviewing, and patient management skills; understand organization and administration of dental practice; and provide students with both clinical and health promotion experiences in community-based settings.

1st Year

2nd Year

3rd Year

4th Year

Selective Courses